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Briefing 6/17and Lobby Day 7/23

View this email in your browser   Take FEMA Off Trump's Chopping Block: America Needs Climate Disaster Relief Jewish Earth Alliance Monthly Briefing Tuesday, June 17 5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET  REGISTER HERE If passed, Trump's proposed budget will cut funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the agency that provides relief from climate disasters. Our speaker will give us the inside scoop on the politics behind FEMA and why it's imperative that Congress intervene. Our speaker is Rachel Cleetus, senior policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is an expert in policies to promote clean energy in the power sector, including carbon pricing. She is also an expert on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and has been attending international climate negotiations since 2009. In this challenging time, inspiration from Jewish sources gives us strength. Dr Adriane Leveen is senior lecturer in Hebrew Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Her passions include teaching Biblical Prophets and the Book of Job. She is co-founder of Jewish Climate Action Network NYC and Bronx Jews for Climate Action, and facilitates JTREE USA.  After the speakers conclude, take action together to restore FEMA.   DON'T GET MAD, GET ACTIVE REGISTER FOR VIRTUAL LOBBY DAY ON JULY 23 Your opportunity to talk to your senators or their staff about protecting Americans from climate change is coming up on Wednesday, July 23. President Trump is violating the Constitution by trampling the separation of powers between the executive and Congress. Congress must stand up for us.  It's easy to take action right from your screen—it's all virtual. Register now so Jewish Earth Alliance can start scheduling meetings with your senators. ACTION ALERT Save FEMA! Help People Affected by Climate Disasters President Trump has ordered debilitating cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the agency that is America’s frontline in responding to climate disasters. As Congress negotiates the budget reconciliation bill, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1), tell members to require the administration to use this bill to restore funding and staffing at FEMA. Find a sample message and background information in the Jewish Earth Alliance Action Alert: Save FEMA! Help People Affected by Climate Disasters.   JEWISH EARTH ALLIANCE MEETS WITH CLIMATE LEADER SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN   Dr. Mirele Goldsmith, Jewish Earth Alliance co-founder, with Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Jill Ortman-Fouse, former member of Montgomery County Board of Education. In response to Mirele's question, Senator Van Hollen encouraged Jewish Earth Alliance to focus advocacy efforts on passing Polluters Pay legislation, defending FEMA and NOAA from budget cuts, and protecting the development of offshore wind energy from the hostility of the current administration. The senator spoke at "Pushing Back and Moving Forward," hosted on May 12 by the Center for American Progress. FROM OUR FRIENDS Dayenu offers opportunities to take action.  On Monday, June 23 6 PM ET/3 PM PT Chutzpah Phone Bank: Get out the vote for New York's primary elections.  Join the Dayenu Interest Meeting Wed June 25 at 8pm ET/5pm PT on Zoom to learn how you can organize your community by starting a Dayenu Circle.   FEATURED RESOURCES Watch the recording of the Jewish Earth Alliance May briefing, with featured speakers Joseph Siegel, formerly Senior Attorney at the EPA, specializing in regulation of the energy sector under the Federal Clean Air Act and Rabbi Sheldon Lewis, author of How Precious the Ground on Which We Stand: Jewish Values that Could Save the Earth (2024). NEW JEWISH EARTH ALLIANCE WEBSITE ICYMI: Bookmark our new website www.jewishearthalliance.org so you can always find information about our upcoming events and current action alerts.  Note: If when you click on the link you see our old website, clear your browsing history as follows: click on the three vertical dots at the top right of your screen, hit "History" and when there's a popup to the left again hit "History." (Alternately, click Control H to get to the same page.) In the left column, click on "Clear Browsing Data." Jewish Earth Alliance YouTube Channel Video recordings of the monthly Network Calls are available if you missed them or want to mine them for excellent and timely presentations for your group's meetings. Check it out! Jewish Earth Alliance Youtube Channel. Jewish Earth Alliance is a national, grassroots, advocacy network raising a moral voice on climate change to the US Congress and Administration.  See JewishEarthAlliance.org for a list of our partners. 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